axe

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1 1.1.1 Pronunciation 1.1.2 Alternative spellings 1.1.3 Noun 1.1.3.1 Synonyms 1.1.3.2 Derived terms 1.1.3.3 Translations 1.1.3.4 See also 1.1.4 Verb 1.1.4.1 Synonyms 1.1.4.2 Translations 1.2 Etymology 2 1.2.1 Alternative spellings 1.2.2 Noun 1.2.3 Verb 1.3 Etymology 3 1.3.1 Verb 1.4 References 2 French 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 3 Interlingua 3.1 Noun

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[edit] Etymology 1

Old English æx

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• enPR: ăks, IPA: /æks/, SAMPA: /{ks/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -æks

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• ax

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axe (plural axes)

1. A tool for felling trees or chopping wood etc. consisting of a heavy head flattened to a blade on one side, and a handle attached to it.
2. An ancient weapon consisting of a head that has one or two blades and a long handle.
3. (informal) A dismissal or rejection.

   His girlfriend/boss/schoolmaster gave him the axe.

4. (slang, music) A gigging musician's particular instrument, especially a guitar in rock music or a saxophone in jazz.
5. (finance) A directional position or interest, by a dealer in a financial market – if one wishes to unload stock, one is “axed to sell” or “has an axe”.^[1] Derived from “have an axe to grind”, which is also used.

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• (dismissal or rejection (informal)): chop, pink slip, sack, boot

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• have an axe to grind
• battle axe
• axe man

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• adze
• twibill

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to axe (third-person singular simple present axes, present participle axing, simple past and past participle axed)

1. (transitive) To fell or chop with an axe.
2. (transitive) To terminate or reduce tremendously in a rough or ruthless manner.

   The government announced its plans to axe public spending.

   The broadcaster axed the series because far less people than expected watched it.

3. (transitive) To lay off: to terminate a person's employment

   He got axed in the last round of firings.

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• (lay off): fire, lay off, downsize

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• ax (US)

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axe (plural axes)

1. (archaic) The axle of a wheel.

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to axe (third-person singular simple present axes, present participle axing, simple past and past participle axed)

1. To furnish with an axle.

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to axe (third-person singular simple present axes, present participle axing, simple past and past participle axed)

1. (obsolete or dialectal) Alternative form of ask.

[edit] References

• Notes:

1. ^ Shedding the correlation ‘axe’, Risk magazine

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axe m. (plural axes)

1. Straight line that crosses the center of a body and around which it turns; axis.
2. Rod on which a wheel revolves; axle

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[edit] Interlingua

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axe

1. Straight line that crosses the center of a body and around which it turns.
2. Bar connecting parallel wheels of a kart, wagon, etc.